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Posts for November 3, 2010

Inflation, Here We Come?

Ben Bernanke finally made good on his word and announced that the Federal Reserve would spend $600 billion on a second round of "quantitative easing." Basically, the big bank will buy up more stuff in the hope of flooding the market with money and getting people to spend more. If it doesn't work, we're even more screwed (like Japan!), and nobody's getting reelected in 2012. [NYT]

Democrats Win in Swing States

The glass is 10 percent full, not 90 percent empty, for the party in power. (Yes, still in power.) Michael Bennet, a rookie Democratic senator from Colorado, a bona fide tough seat, won in a squeaker. His opponent, Ken Buck, who compared being gay to addiction and possessed a theocratic streak, was another case in point of the tea party nominating someone a little too right-wing to take the Senate (see: Christine O'Donnell, Sharron Angle).

If Oregon is really a swing state in 2012, well, that's bad news for Obama. But tonight, a small moment of post-apocalyptic celebration for Dems, as John Kitzhaber wins the race for governor. He beat former basketball pro Chris Dudley, who was (in a good way) perhaps the NBA's dorkiest player.


Colorado Senate: Michael Bennet Takes Razor Thin Victory
[CBS News]
Chris Dudley concedes loss of Oregon governor's race to John Kitzhaber [Oregonian]

Can Faceboook Really Predict When You’ll Break Up?

The holiday season is upon us, and with the familial stress and mass consumerism and overeating comes its attendant romantic fallout. But can a chart currently making its way around the Internet actually predict when your relationship is likely to end? British journalist and graphic designer David McCandless mapped out the data from 10,000 Facebook status updates to figure out what days and times of year breakups were most common. The results, first presented at a TED Talk, seemed to indicate a spring cleaning just before spring break. The chart also spiked just before Valentine's Day and Christmas, and on Mondays (presumably all of them), with summer and fall being the safest time from sudden singledom. But before the breakup-phobic use this info as a handy guide for when to avoid their loved ones, DigitalSociety blogger Paul Crowe would like to point out some serious flaws.

Candless only searched for the words "breakup" or "broken up." »

Politics Is Seth Meyers’s Porn

At the launch party for new culture website Naag.com the other night, Seth Meyers talked about his web-surfing habits. "How much time do I spend online every day? It's probably an embarrassingly high number, but I'll say two hours," the "Weekend Update" anchor said. He wouldn't divulge how much online porn he consumes — yes, we asked, repeatedly — but he finally offered: "Here's the deal, I'm really into politics, so probably, like, to me, that's my pornography. Reading about, like, the Nevada Senate race, that's as hardcore porn as you get." His favorite "porn" sites? "Slate, Salon, New York Times, Wall Street Journal." But he's not all business all the time; Meyers says he likes Pitchfork, the New Yorker site, and even NYMag.com. Aw, that's sweet. What about us is so awesome? Do tell! "I like the layout." [Ed: Sigh.] Oh. Does the "Weekend Update" anchor think there are any voids on the crowded World Wide Web? "I think we need more snap judgments, like, we need more people instantly processing their opinions on things," he said. "And I think we need less things that are fact-checked."

London to Implement Polite Version of Sidewalk Lanes

Back in May, some pranksters split a stretch of sidewalk into separate lanes designated for tourists and New Yorkers, and it was like a dream. Now London is trying something similar, except, as you might expect, they're not being as pushy about it. Instead of painting actual lanes on the sidewalk, a group of business owners around Oxford Street will politely suggest that shoppers hew close to buildings as they stroll, if it's not too much of a bother. [WSJ]

JPMorgan Executive Denies He’s Leaving Because He Is Jealous of Jamie Dimon

Those eyes, those lips, that hair: Who can compete?

You can be smart. You can be bold. You can be sexy. But when you're in the presence of a man as famously full of lip, lustrous of mane, and charmingly magnetic as JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, a man whose light shines so brightly it eclipses all others around him, well, you're only ever going to play a supporting role. No one knows this better than Duff McDonald, author of Dimon biography Last Man Standing, which is why he asked JPMorgan's Steve Black the following question after news broke of the vice-chairman and former co-head of investment banking's impending departure:

Coverage of JPMorgan tends to be all Jamie, all the time. That must have been frustrating, especially in light of the success you and Bill had. Was it?

After careful consideration, a tear wiped from his eye, Black choked out an answer.

Those eyes, those lips, that hair: Who can compete? »

Former Law & Order Star Kathryn Erbe Enters Real Courtroom

Photo: Andrew Walker/Getty Images

Kathryn Erbe, the former star of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, broke down in tears today in Brooklyn federal court in a case against a frightening stalker who pursued her on the set of the show and over the Internet. But though Charles Nagel allegedly harassed her in person and through e-mail messages, it was a missive he sent her 14-year-old daughter that really shook Erbe. Using the alias "Momberger" (which would be hilarious in any other context, but here is rather freaky), Nagel is said to have sent the girl a picture of herself with a cockroach drawn on it, and the words, "I'm ugly!" "This is a seventh-grade graduation photograph of my daughter," testified Erbe, according to the Post. "I’m not going to let this go on anymore ... This is my daughter who is innocent and relatively defenseless." Where is Goren when you need him??

'Law and Order' actress got ‘bad feeling’ from accused stalker [NYP]

New Times Magazine Editor Hugo Lindgren on His Plans: Big Subjects, More T, and the End of ‘The Way We Live Now’

In late September, the months-long search for a replacement for Gerry Marzorati as editor of The New York Times Magazine ended in a surprise: Times brass tapped Hugo Lindgren, the 42-year-old writer and editor who had helped relaunch Bloomberg Businessweek earlier this year. Lindgren had been at Bloomberg a mere eight months, having been lured away from New York Magazine back in January. Before New York, he worked for the Times Magazine, where he helped create the "Way We Live Now" section. We spoke to Hugo about his plans.

So when is the magazine "yours," per se?
That's a difficult question. It is mine now. I'm in charge. We're going to be doing some significant redesign work, and have a newish magazine by the end of January. The big thing is, I want to create a kind of new identity for the front-of-the-book section. That doesn't mean that everything's being tossed out. We're looking at everything and evaluating what sort of fits. We have a front-of-book editor [Greg Veis] starting December 1.

Talk to me about "The Way We Live Now." Will that ever be an outdated concept?
I don't think it's outdated at all as a concept, but on the other hand I don't know that it's all that distinct anymore. The "Way We Live Now" idea is the whole news media now: the idea that your personal dilemmas were shaped by public events and news. We'll be revisiting this concept. I wouldn't be surprised to see the front of the book called something else.

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Fox News Crushes Rival Cable Networks on Election Night

Olbermann, angry.

Arguably, MSNBC had the most eyebrow-raising evening yesterday during their marathon election coverage. Right out of the gate at seven o'clock they began calling races. There was the Michele Bachmann hypnosis moment and the related Chris Matthews tingle moment. (And an unrelated but still enjoyable Chris Matthews "Name the Cuts!" moment, and a Joe Scarborough "You're Not Listening to the Facts!" moment.) It was colorful television because MSNBC decided to stick largely with its center-left stance, covering the elections through a panel helmed by a sarcastic Keith Olbermann and featuring an irate Matthews and a quizzical Rachel Maddow. The Wrap even gave the network its highest grade for the evening. But entertaining television or no, in the ratings, it was absolutely stomped by Fox News.

Fox, perhaps surprisingly, opted for a more even tone. »

Green Party's Howie Hawkins Is the Champion Third-Party Gubernatorial Candidate

With 97 percent of precincts reporting, he received 56,924 votes, enough to secure a spot for the Green Party on the ballot for the next four years. He was followed by Libertarian Warren Redlich and Rent Is Too Damn High's Jimmy McMillan, who tripled his 2006 vote total. [Daily Politics/NYDN]

The Real Winners and Losers of the 2010 Election

The midterm election is finally over, but before we can immediately move on to the 2012 presidential campaign, which starts in approximately 45 minutes, let’s take a moment to look back at how this election season buoyed or crushed the political fortunes of various people, groups, movements, and ideas. How poorly did wealthy self-funding candidates do? What did we learn about the influence of the tea party? How does America feel about witches, marijuana, and bartering? The answers to these question and more lie ahead.

Democratic Armageddon: Five Big Questions Answered

The people have spoken, the votes have (mostly) been tallied, the punditocracy has rendered its interpretations ad nauseam and ad infinitum. And now President Obama, in a press conference replete with tones of contrition and offers of compromise, has broken his silence on the meaning of the midterms — the results of which he colorfully deemed a "shellacking."

If you're a Republican, of course, no further interpretation of yesterday's events is really required. But if you happen to be a Democrat, and you're not a total politics junkie, you may still be unsure exactly what to make of what went down last night. So, herewith, an attempt to answer fivebig questions that I imagine might be on your mind.

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358,069 People Voted for Alvin Greene

That's more votes than Sharron Angle, Joe Manchin, or Blanche Lincoln received, Wonkette points out. In terms of percentage of the vote, Greene (28.2 percent) performed better than Democratic Senate candidates in North Dakota (22.2 percent), Idaho (25 percent), Oklahoma (26.1 percent), and Kansas (26.2 percent).

The Flatiron District and Union Square Are Crawling With Venture Capitalists

Angel investor Chris Dixon and Business Insider's Henry Blodget eat at Tablespoon on West 20th.

The power lunch is not the sole province of established New York industries like media and finance. But rather than rubbing dinosaur elbows with print types at Michael's or trying not to look directly at Jamie Dimon's pillowy lips at the Grill Room at The Four Seasons, the city's newly crowned emperors of tech seem to prefer to congregate a little further downtown. Charlie O'Donnell, First Round Capital's man in New York, mapped out the 25 spots where you're likely to run into a venture capitalist at lunchtime. Union Square Venture's Fred Wilson, the godfather of tech investing in New York City, has described O'Donnell, First Round's entrepreneur-in-residence, as someone "who makes it a practice to be everywhere something interesting is happening," so the man knows of what he speaks. By and large, the VCs prefer to eat where they work, which means the corridor around Park Avenue South, from Union Square to the low 30s. Inventors of the next Foursquare or Gilt Groupe, start making reservations.

A Dinevore list that can get you funded: Where do New York VCs eat? [This Is Going To Be Big via Business Insider]

Great Wine Is Wasted on Nora Ephron

Photo: Ilona Lieberman

Name: Nora Ephron
Age: 69
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
Occupation: Writer/director. Her play Love, Loss, and What I Wore (co-written with her sister Delia) just celebrated its one-year anniversary at the Westside Theatre. Next Tuesday at 7 p.m. she'll be appearing at Barnes & Noble Union Square to discuss her new collection of comic essays, I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections, also out next Tuesday.

Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
J.J. Hunsecker.

What's the best meal you've eaten in New York?
Roast duck with candied orange peel at The Four Seasons.

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Rudy Giuliani Suddenly Develops Folksy Lexicon

I ain't never heard of that? Maybe he really is going to run for president.

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Chuck Schumer Will Let Harry Reid Keep His Terrible Job

Sharron Angle wasn't the only person who lost out when Harry Reid won his race. Chuck Schumer had been angling to become the new Senate majority leader if Reid went down, and he was probably the favorite to get the position, too. But despite some reports that he's still considering challenging Reid, a Schumer spokesman says such talk is "completely made up." Who would want that job anyway? It was hard enough being majority leader when Democrats had 59 seats. For the next two years they'll have 53. We'd let Reid have it, also. [Ben Smith/Politico]

Obama on the Midterms: ‘I’ve Got to Take Direct Responsibility for the Fact That We’ve Not Made As Much Progress As We Want to Make’

President Barack Obama took to the podium in the White House just now to talk about the Republican wave that crested after yesterday's elections. "It was a long night for a lot of you, and needless to say it was for me," he said, no doubt thinking back to the lost glory of 2008. "Some election nights are more fun than others. Some are exhilarating and some are humbling." In his brief speech, he focused on the economy and not the idea that the results of the elections were a referendum on his own first two years of office. "Today's vote confirmed what I heard from people all across the country. People are frustrated ... with the pace of economic recovery," he said. "Over the past two years we've made progress but not enough progress ... And I'm the president of the United States. I think I've got to take direct responsibility for the fact that we've not made as much progress as we want to make." In the question-and-answer period, Obama admitted he hadn't made as much progress as he would want on issues like earmarks, energy independence, and even just building consensus.

How does it feel getting thrashed?

"It feels bad," he said.

"No person or party has a monopoly on wisdom." »

A 26-Year-Old From Brooklyn Is Mayor of the Four Seasons

The boldfaced names that gather daily at The Four Seasons in Manhattan may think that they're important, that they're on top, that they own the room. Little do they know, someone has snatched their seat of power from right underneath them —without their even knowing it.

At the Four Seasons restaurant in Manhattan, a favorite of power-brokers-of-a-certain-age, the mayor is Gary He, a 26-year-old photographer from Brooklyn. "No one else there is on Foursquare so I'm mayor," he says. Mr. He explained the game to Alex von Bidder, the restaurant's managing director. "I had no idea what Foursquare was and still really don't," Mr. von Bidder says. When bartenders learned Mr. He was mayor, they brought him a plate of free cookies.

Your move, Schwarzman, Kravis, Cuomo.

A World in Which You Can Be Mayor [WSJ]

Brooke Mueller Feels Humiliated by Charlie Sheen

Not because of the recent publicity surrounding his drunken, possibly coke-fueled naked hooker rampage at the Plaza or any of the myriad other reasons you might expect it would be embarrassing to be married to Charlie Sheen, but because on Monday, in the wake of her domestic-abuse allegations against him, Sheen apparently filed for divorce.

"Charlie humiliated Brooke," lawyer Sorrell Trope tells TMZ, claiming that Mueller, 32, wasn't given a heads up about Sheen's decision to file.

In aggregate, it's almost enough to make you wonder if Charlie Sheen has any decency whatsoever.

Lawyer: Charlie Sheen "Humiliated" Wife Brooke Mueller [Us]

Republicans Owe Yesterday’s Victories to Old People, Even More Than Usual

Voters over the age of 65 made up 23 percent of yesterday's electorate (compared to only 19 percent in the past two midterms). Also, they favored the GOP 58-40, a ratio that was by far the steepest of any age group, and a significant shift from the 49-49 split from just two years ago. Thanks, olds! Now, about those entitlements of yours ... [Newsweek]

Nate Silver, Facebook Is Trying To Make You Obsolete

Predicting elections based on which candidate had more Facebook fans was accurate in 74 percent of races in the House and 81 percent of races in the Senate. [Fast Company]

Congratulations! You Won That Google Lawsuit You Didn’t Know You Filed

But they look so friendly!

You remember Google Buzz, right? That incredibly useful new feature Google introduced that automatically enrolled Gmail subscribers to a real-time information bonanza of tweets they already saw on their friends' Twitter, pictures they already saw on their friends' Flickrs, status updates they already saw on Gchat, and so much more! Well, Gmail users received an e-mail last night notifying them that an $8.5 million settlement had been reached in a class-action lawsuit about privacy concerns, like the fact that users had to opt out to stop Buzz from exposing users' frequent Gmail contacts. (Yahoo Mail — where it's still safe to e-mail your mistress!) Before you attempt complicated math like $8.5 million divided by everybody, all the money is going to an independent fund that will support privacy education and policy groups. It seems unlikely the funds will make the trip across the pond considering the U.K.'s ruling today that Google did indeed break the law when its Street View cars accidentally snarfed up more data than originally revealed from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks as its cars rode by. Seems like that new "build now, correct later" privacy model we were talking about is really catching on.

Google Alerts Users of Google Buzz Settlement [PC Mag]
U.K.: Google Breached Data Laws [WSJ]

Bushwick Fashion Show to Showcase Clothes Made From Giant Rats

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

A group of Brooklyn designers are staging a fashion show, called Nutria-palooza, in Bushwick, which will feature clothing made from the fur of nutria, the giant rodents that have overrun Louisiana. According to the Brooklyn Paper:

The show will feature two dozen designers, including “Mad Men”-era cocktail wraps, wintery coats, and even a fur-lined wedding dress.

We're not sure what the more offensive thing about this is, the idea of rat fur next to your skin or the fact that they are using the pelts of imported rats. Can't they skin some of ours?

Nutria — if you can’t beat ‘em, wear ‘em! [Brooklyn Paper]

Watch Tommy Chong’s Hysterical Thoughts on Prop 19

The bid to make weed legal in California may have gone up in smoke, but Tommy Chong's amazing pro–Prop 19 PSA springs eternal.

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Prop 19 Opposition Says Legalizing Marijuana Won't Be Back On the Ballot In 2012

"If they think they are going to be back in two years, they must be smoking something," said Tim Rosales, campaign manager for No On Prop 19. Uh, Rosales, that was kind of the point. [NPR]

TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington Taints the Jury Pool

Calacanis on the left, Arrington on the right.

Back in September, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington stayed mum when his frenemy Jason Calacanis celebrated the news that AOL was buying the tech blog with a string of tweets like, "Even though @arrington screwed me out of TC50 I’m happy for him. He can get therapy, lose 80 pounds & start treating people with respect now." Give this man his own Underminer column! But now that Calacanis is threatening to sue TechCrunch for part of the proceeds from the AOL sale, Arrington decided to air all his dirty, allegation-stained laundry in a blog post titled "At My Wits End," citing the blog's "longstanding policy" to post every threat. At the heart of the matter is a soured deal to run a tech conference together that ended in 2009. After prefacing the story by saying "somehow, I still consider him a friend," Arrington divulges that Calacanis spread false rumors of drug use, got too drunk to show up on time, and was abusive to the point of bringing one of Arrington's employees to tears. The post comes across as a reasonable man's very reasonable attempt to deal with an out-of-control, moody egomaniac. But it's not like Arrington, who has a history of inspiring people to hurl expletives at him, is quite as mild-mannered as the blog post makes him out to be. Can we make a plea to see the rest of this feud played out on Twitter? Because that's sort of what it was made for.

At My Wit’s End: Jason Calacanis Threatens To Sue Us [TechCrunch]
Related: Jason Calacanis Celebrates the AOL-TechCrunch Deal by Calling Arrington ‘a Trainwreck’

Freddie Mac Posts $4.1 Billion Loss, Asks Treasury For $100 Million To Tide It Over

And fyi, don't expect the mortgage giant to become solvent anytime soon. "We believe that it will be a considerable time until the housing market has a sustained recovery," Freddie Mac chief executive Charles Haldeman said in a statement. [Reuters/NYT]

George Soros Thinks This Could Be the Year the Female Condom Takes Off

He may have been disappointed by the defeat of Proposition 19 last night, but the billionaire hedge-fund manager has a new pet project: Soros Fund Management has amassed a 5.1 percent stake in the Female Health Co., manufacturer of the FC2 Female Condom, which a recent ad campaign noted has "pleasure points for her and him to tease, please, and protect."

George Soros: Small Caps His Fund’s Been Buying [WSJ via Dealbreaker]

Two Seats That Could Determine the Power of Joe Lieberman

In addition to Alaska, two other Senate seats remain undecided, but unlike Alaska, where a Republican will win either way (assuming Lisa Murkowski would caucus with the Republicans in the Senate if she wins), the races in Washington and Colorado could go to either party. As it stands now, in Washington, Democratic incumbent Patty Murray is leading Republican challenger Dino Rossi by 14,000 votes (one percent) with only 62 percent of precincts reporting. With half a million votes left to count, anyone could win it, although both candidates are pretty confident in their own chances. In Colorado, the Denver Post has called the race for incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet, even though he's only leading his Republican opponent Ken Buck by 7,000 votes (0.4 percent) with 88 percent of precincts reporting. If the final difference is less than 0.5 percent, an automatic recount will take place.

What this has to do with Joe Lieberman. »

A Sober Cuomo Victory Party, With Tough Times Ahead

Maybe it was the steep prices at the cash bar, but there was a distinct lack of levity at the New York Democrats’ election-night party. Oh, there were plenty of smiles and hugs and cheers, yet there was as much anxiety and disbelief in the midtown Sheraton ballroom as there was celebration. Which made sense, because the giant TV screens kept reporting the particulars of the red tide washing over the country, with Republicans winning big nearly everywhere but here (though the GOP did gain at least five congressional seats, including one on Staten Island). New York is always its own peculiar political ecosystem, but on this night the state, and especially the city, felt like some increasingly exotic and embattled Democratic preserve.

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Hear Bill Clinton Get Psyched That Lil Wayne Will Soon Be a Free Man

Gonna assume his favorite Weezy track is "Lollipop."

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Republicans Have a Mixed Night in New York

Eric Schneiderman.

In one sense, the Republicans were embarrassed in a big way in New York yesterday. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Governor-Elect Andrew Cuomo, Senator Chuck Schumer, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand all won their races by margins between 24.8 percent and 32.6 percent. If this was Little League, the mercy rule would have been in effect.

Later in the night Eric Schneiderman, a progressive state senator who made it out of a five-way primary, easily handled Republican Dan Donovan, winning by 12 percent. The GOP's last best hope to win a statewide race was comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, a former hedge-fund manger and member of the task force that successfully overhauled General Motors who had won endorsements from Mayor Bloomberg, the Post, the Daily News, and the Times. But it seems he wasn't able to overcome the big glaring "R" next to his name and the taint of Wall Street. In the early-morning hours, he succumbed to incumbent Democratic comptroller Thomas DiNapoli — who had been appointed to the position in 2007 after his disgraced predecessor, Alan Hevesi, resigned — by 2.8 percent.

And with that, the GOP failed, once again, to win a single statewide race.

But they kind of dominated in House races. »

Former Post and Boston Herald Editor to Helm Newsmax Magazine

Ken Chandler will be based out of New York, where he plans to expand the fast-growing conservative magazine and website's base of operations. [NYP]

Rand Paul’s Tea-Party Party

The tea party was ready to rock at Rand Paul’s victory party in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Tuesday, but there was none of the hostility that made so much news of late. I can confidently say that no heads were stomped in my presence. No, the night was all about joy in a decisive victory and the desire to take the country back from the neo-socialist claws of the Obama-Reid-Pelosi hydra.

The celebrants were a curious amalgam of old money and just plain old, traditional Republicans and esoteric Libertarians, middle-class youths and even a few hipsters. They were united by disgust at Washington, D.C., and a desire for “change,” which should sound awfully familiar to Democrats who were celebrating a similar victory just two years ago.

Many in the crowd were first-time volunteers like Charles and Mary Jordan, 70 and 68, from Barberville. “This didn’t seem the way the country was meant to be,” Charles said. He hopes Rand Paul will repeal health-care reform, and gut federal spending, though not for Social Security or Medicaid, which they use. He did say, however, he would forgo his cost-of-living increase if he could.

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It Looks Like Lisa Murkowski Could Beat Joe Miller in Alaska

An unofficial Associated Press count has 73 percent of precincts reporting in Alaska's Senate race, with write-in candidates as a group taking 40 percent of the vote over tea-party candidate Joe Miller's 35 percent and Democrat Scott McAdams's 24 percent. The Anchorage Daily News says more than 80 percent of precincts have reported, but also gives write-ins the same lead with 40 percent. Officials say it could still take days before they can determine what percentage of the write-in votes went to incumbent Lisa Murkowski, and not, say, Flying Spaghetti Monster and Lizard People, or the 160 people actually qualified as write-ins. Alaska's computerized voting system only shows whether an oval was filled in for a write-in candidate, not what was written. The state's election division didn't plan on reading the ballots until November 18, in order to wait for mail-ins. Despite deriding the act of hiring someone familiar with election law as pulling "an Al Franken," Miller's campaign manager said he had "several teams" with attorneys on their way to Alaska with their eye on the ballot count. If Sarah Palin's imprimatur couldn't bring Joe Miller victory over a write-in, it raises more questions about the tenability of Palin 2012.

Write-ins favor Murkowski; Miller won't quit [Anchorage Daily News]
Murkowski appears to have lead in Alaska [CNN]

Boehner and the Tea Party Tearily Triumphant As They Win Back the House

For the GOP and the tea party, tonight's lengthy list of victories is as good as it gets. For the next two years, they'll be trapped in the same leaky ship as Obama, facing the same pressures to compromise. The demands from the public will be simple: grow the economy, or go away.

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Election 2010: The Perfect Wave

Chris Matthews to Bachmann: Have You Been Hypnotized?

Harry Reid Keeps His Job

Less large, but still in charge.

The Senate majority leader — and it looks like that will still be his title — has successfully fended off tea-party heroine Sharron Angle and held on to his Nevada Senate seat, meaning that the mass mobilization of funds and his former staffers and the focus on early voting (oops) pushed him over the edge. It's one of the few close Senate races won by a Democrat, coming on the same night of losses in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio.

"This race has been called, but the fight is far from over," he said in his victory speech, where he was humble and acknowledged that his race was tough.

Senate Democratic leader Reid wins re-election bid [Reuters]

New House Speaker John Boehner Has a Little Something in His Eye

“Get used to those tears, folks,” Jake Tapper warned. “He’s a cryer.”

Keith Olbermann: "I thought if it would be anyone, it would be Democrats crying tonight."

Sarah Palin Believes in Evolution

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